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For just the ~~third~~ sixth time in American history, a representative from the United States House has been expelled.

It worked so well the first time he even added a "has to be connected to the school clause" the absolute clown...

After stinging defeat in a statewide vote, GOP lawmakers seek to move jurisdiction to legislature for constitutional amendment

Saying the quiet part out loud

Background on Johnson

Johnson has been a vocal Trump supporter and was one of the 147 GOP lawmakers who voted to overturn the results of the 2020 election. He also led the charge to get 125 of his Republican colleagues to sign an amicus brief to the Supreme Court, supporting Texas' lawsuit that would have invalidated the election results in key battleground states.

Johnson has a long history of opposing abortion rights. He has endorsed a bill that would ban abortion nationally after 15 weeks, with exceptions for rape, incest, and the life of the mother. He referred to the "so-called separation of church and state" and said "the founders wanted to protect the church from an encroaching state, not the other way around." He voted against bipartisan legislation to codify same-sex marriage, which Biden signed into law in 2022.

Select Reporting

• AP: Mike Johnson elected House speaker with broad Republican support
• Axios: What to know about new House Speaker Mike Johnson
• Business Insider: Mike Johnson: Everything You Need to Know About the New House Speaker
• CNBC Mike Johnson House Speaker: Louisiana Republican in the spotlight

Ballots Cast

Votes Not Cast for Party Nominee

[^1]: Zeldin, whose term as a House member had ended with the close of the 117th and previous Congress, was no longer an incumbent representative. [^2]: Former Speaker Boehner, whose term as a House member had ended with his resignation during the 114th Congress, was no longer an incumbent representative. [^3]: Miller, whose term as a House member had ended with the close of the 114th Congress, was no longer an incumbent representative. [^4]: Bilirakis missed the first vote due to the funeral of his mother-in-law. [^5]: Gonzalez missed the third ballot due to a death in his family. [^6]: Van Orden missed the third ballot as he embarked on what he described as a "fact-finding mission" in Israel.

Just 4 hours after winning the nomination, a roll-call vote for support left him 24 votes shy of the speakership, and Trump posted on social media in opposition of Emmer's bid. The results of the roll-call vote which ultimately caused Emmer to realize he had no path to 217 is below.

As part of the plea deal, Ellis wrote an apology letter to the citizens of Georgia, much like Powell and Chesebro. Ellis took this one step further and tearfully read her apology into the record.

As an attorney who is also a Christian, I take my responsibilities as a lawyer very seriously, and I endeavour to be a person of sound moral and ethical character in all of my dealings. In the wake of the 2020 presidential election, I believed that challenging the results on behalf of President Trump should be pursued in a just and legal way. I endeavoured to represent my client in the best of my ability. I relied on others, including lawyers with many more years of experience than I, to provide me with true and reliable information, especially since my role involved speaking to the media and to legislators in various states. What I did not do, but should have done, your honor, was to make sure that the facts the other lawyers alleged to be true were, in fact, true. In the frenetic pace of attempting to raise challenges to the election in several states, including Georgia, I failed to do my due diligence. I believe in and I value election integrity. If I knew then what I know now, I would have declined to represent Donald Trump in these post election challenges. I look back on this whole experience with deep remorse. For those failures of mine, your honor, I have taken responsibility already before the Colorado bar, who censured me, and I now take responsibility before this Court and apologize to the people of Georgia. Thank you.

An important piece of reporting to reference here is that seven of the nine declared candidates (Jack Bergman, Byron Donalds, Kevin Hern, Mike Johnson, Dan Meuser, Gary Palmer, and Pete Sessions) objected to the certification of the 2020 Presidential election. The two candidates who did not are Tom Emmer, the majority whip, and Austin Scott.

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